The final BCS Championship game — we move to the much-anticipated four-team playoff next season — gave us one of the best title bouts in the history of the BCS. After trailing big in the first half, Florida State rallied and scored in the waning seconds of the game to win a back-and-forth battle in the final quarter.

Florida State's Kelvin Benjamin goes high for the game-winning touchdown catch from 2 yards out with 13 seconds left Monday against Auburn in the BCS Championship Game. (AP Photo)

BCS Championship: No. 1 Florida State 34, No. 2 Auburn 31 (recap): The Seminoles never gave up and scored with 13 seconds left to capture their second BCS championship — they also won it in 1999 — to close out the BCS era. See the game-winning play here.

— 34-31 Florida State. Jameis Winston hits Kelvin Benjamin from the 2 for the game-winning score with 13 seconds left in the game. Winston completed 6 of 7 passes on the drive for 77 yards and the score — his second TD pass of the game.

— 31-27 Auburn: On second-and-16, Tre Mason shakes off several tacklers and goes 38 yards for the go-ahead score with 1:19 left. Mason has 195 rushing yards. FSU will get the ball back with two timeouts left.

— 27-24 Florida State: On the ensuing kickoff, freshman Levonte Whitfield went 100 yards to give the Seminoles their first lead of the game with 4:31 remaining in the game. Whitfield — he goes by Kermit — had a 97-yard TD return during the regular season. What does Auburn do to respond?

— 24-20 Auburn: The Tigers finally found its offense, but the drive stalled on a third down incompletion inside the 10. Cody Parkey kicked the 23-yard field goal to give Auburn a four-point lead — and more importantly, forcing the Seminoles to score a touchdown to win the game.

— 21-20 Auburn: Winston hit fullback Chad Abram for an 11-yard TD pass with 10:55 left in the game. The drive was set up by a P.J. Williams interception. FSU would have likely gone for two, but Devonta Freeman was called for an unsportsmanlike penalty after the score and it pushed the ball out of 2-point conversion range.

THIRD QUARTER:

21-13 Auburn: Roberto Aguayo hits a 41-yard field goal — his second in two attempts in the game — to cut the lead with 6:05 left in the third quarter. The Lou Groza Award winner is as close to automatic as you can get. He's 21 of 22 on field goals this season and didn't miss an extra point.

Halftime: Auburn 21, Florida State 10

— Auburn put up 232 yards in the opening half; FSU had 156. Winston struggled most the half until the Seminoles' final drive. He is 6 of 15 for 62 yards, but the 28 yards he gained on the ground came in handy. Auburn's Tre Mason has 96 yards on 18 carries and the Tigers have 122 rushing yards. Nick Marshall is 7 of 13 for 113 yards and two TDs passing.

— This is the first time the Seminoles have trailed at halftime this season. Auburn's 21 points are the most scored against FSU this season in every game but the Seminoles' 48-34 win against Boston College on Sept. 28.

SECOND QUARTER:

21-10 Auburn: Devonta Freeman scores from 3 yards to cut the gap with 1:28 left in the half. The big play on the drive was a fake punt on fourth-and-4 from their own 40, the Seminoles let Karlos Williams carry it on a fake, he gained seven and kept the drive alive.

21-3 Auburn: On third down, Nick Marshall gets the corner and scores from the 4. The drive was set up by a Jameis Winston fumble inside the FSU 30. He was hit by Ben Bradley on a scramble and Angelo Blackson recovered.

— Auburn's Cody Parkey missed a 33-yard field goal attempt with 7:54 left in the first half.

14-3 Auburn: Nick Marshall hits a wide open Melvin Ray — a former minor league baseball player and Alabama signee — for a 50-yard TD catch (Ray's first at Auburn) with 13:48 left in the second quarter to stretch the Tigers lead.

FIRST QUARTER:

3-0 Florida State: The Seminoles strike first. After forcing Auburn to punt, the Noles drive the field and Robert Aguayo boots a 36-yard field goal with 9:53 left in the opening quarter.

7-3 Auburn: On third-and-9 at the FSU 12, Nick Marshall dumps it off to Tre Mason, who races into the end zone to give Auburn the lead with 3:07 left in the first quarter. It's the first time FSU has trailed since Sept. 28 against Boston College. That's 583 minutes and 42 seconds of college football game time.

End of quarter: Auburn 7, Florida State 3. Auburn outgained FSU, 77-67, in the first quarter as Nick Marshall completed 5 of 8 passes for 58 yards. Winston was 4 of 9 for 43 yards.